Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Enables ATP hydrolysis activity. Involved in several processes, including male gamete generation; piRNA processing; and retrotransposon silencing by heterochromatin formation. Acts upstream of or within retrotransposon silencing. Located in nucleus and piP-body. Is expressed in germ cell of testis. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in spermatogenic failure 30. Orthologous to human TDRD9 (tudor domain containing 9).